Louis J. Soslowsky - Faculty Biosketch

Louis J. Soslowsky, Ph.D.

Fairhill Professor

Director of Orthopaedic Research, University of Pennsylvania

Director of Basic Science Research, Shoulder and Elbow Service, University of Pennsylvania

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania (reappointed 2009)

Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Fellow, Institute of Aging, University of Pennsylvania

Founding Director, Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, University of Pennsylvania (Type 1 center designation in 2008)

Executive Committee, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering

Executive Committee, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Associate Dean for Research Integration, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Department: Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact information

McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
G13A Stemmler Hall
3450 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6081

Office: 215-898-8653
Fax: 215-573-2133

Email:
soslowsk@upenn.edu

Publications

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Links
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McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
Lou Soslowsky Lab Homepage
Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Education:
Diploma
East Brunswick High School , 1982.
B.S. (Engineering Mechanics)
Columbia University, 1986.
M.S. (Engineering Mechanics)
Columbia University, 1987.
M.Phil
Columbia University, 1989.
Ph.D. (Engineering Mech./Biomechanics, Mentor: Van C. Mow)
Columbia University, 1991.
Cert. (Academic Medicine Leadership Program)
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , 2008.

Post-Graduate Training
Research Assistant, Bioengineering Institute, Columbia University (Richard Skalak, Advisor), 1983-1986.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University (David Bayer, Professor), 1984-1985.
Frank E. Stinchfield Research Fellow, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University (Van C. Mow, Advisor), 1986-1991.

Certifications
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Description of Research Expertise

orthopaedic research, orthopaedic biomechanics and tissue engineering, tendons and ligaments, shoulder and elbow

Selected Publications

Sierra LJ, Brown AG, Barilá GO, Anton L, Barnum CE, Shetye SS, Soslowsky LJ, Elovitz MA: Colonization of the cervicovaginal space with Gardnerella vaginalis leads to local inflammation and cervical remodeling in pregnant mice. PLoS One 2018.

Freedman BR, Rodriguez AB, Leiphart RJ, Newton JB, Ban E, Sarver JJ, Mauck RL, Shenoy VB, Soslowsky LJ: Dynamic Loading and Tendon Healing Affect Multiscale Tendon Properties and ECM Stress Transmission. Sci Rep 8(1): 10854, 2018.

Freedman BR, Rodriguez AB, Hillin CD, Weiss SN, Han B, Han L, Soslowsky LJ: Tendon healing affects the multiscale mechanical, structural and compositional response of tendon to quasi-static tensile loading. J R Soc Interface 15(139), 2018.

Zhang K, Hast MW, Izumi S, Usami Y, Shetye S, Akabudike N, Philp NJ, Iwamoto M, Nissim I, Soslowsky LJ, Enomoto-Iwamoto M: Modulating Glucose Metabolism and Lactate Synthesis in Injured Mouse Tendons: Treatment With Dichloroacetate, a Lactate Synthesis Inhibitor, Improves Tendon Healing. Am J Sports Med 46(9): 2222-31, 2018.

Huegel J, Choi DS, Nuss CA, Minnig MCC, Tucker JJ, Kuntz AF, Waldorff EI, Zhang N, Ryaby JT, Soslowsky LJ: Effects of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy at different frequencies and durations on rotator cuff tendon-to-bone healing in a rat model. J Shoulder Elbow Surg Page: 553-60 2018.

Beach ZM, Tucker JJ, Thomas SJ, Reuther KE, Gray CF, Lee CS, Glaser DL, Soslowsky LJ: Biceps tenotomy in the presence of a supraspinatus tear alters the adjacent intact tendons and glenoid cartilage. J Biomech 63: 151-7, 2017.

Pardes AM, Beach ZM, Raja H, Rodriguez AB, Freedman BR, Soslowsky LJ: Aging leads to inferior Achilles tendon mechanics and altered ankle function in rodents. J Biomech Page: 30-8, 2017.

Nuss CA, Huegel J, Boorman-Padgett JF, Choi DS, Weiss SN, Vournakis J, Soslowsky LJ: Poly-N-Acetyl Glucosamine (sNAG) Enhances Early Rotator Cuff Tendon Healing in a Rat Model. Ann Biomed Eng. Page: 2826-36 2017.

Freedman BR, Fryhofer GW, Salka NS, Raja HA, Hillin CD, Nuss CA, Farber DC, Soslowsky LJ: Mechanical, histological, and functional properties remain inferior in conservatively treated Achilles tendons in rodents: Long term evaluation. J Biomech 56: 55-60, 2017.

Rooney SI, Torino DJ, Baskin R, Vafa RP, Kuntz AF, Soslowsky LJ: Rat Supraspinatus Tendon Responds Acutely and Chronically to Exercise. J Appl Physiol Page: 757-63, 2017.